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A couple of weeks ago, Tavi Gevinson was presented with an ideal scenario for any 18-year-old graduating senior at Oak Park and River Forest High School (or any other): Her parents were going out of town. Gevinson these days is hanging out with her new, handsome, likable pals Michael Cera and Kieran Culkin, working on a little Broadway-bound project at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company for producer Scott Rudin, as so many high school students are wont to do in their last semester of school. Gevinson's teenage mind saw an opportunity: Parents out of town! Everyone come over! A chance to chill out and stay up! Party! "And then I stopped for a moment," the very droll Gevinson...

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